Went to Roseburg specifically for a Disc Golf vacation for my birthday. Food was 2nd fiddle. This place surprised me a lot. When you hear about a BBQ place that specializes in so many different sauces (over 10 I believe), if you're a BBQ fan like myself you might.think, "Oh S**t here we go again, yet another BBQ joint baking/grilling their meat and smothering it in sauce and callling it 'BBQ' ". Thats not case hear at all, they market their BBQ as true, non-electric, smokes BBQ; and it was! We had the pulled pork, brisket and the spareribs. I'd rank it as listed from top to bottom. Only complaint (if you'd call it one), the spareribs were a little tough and didn't have that 'fall off the bone' quality that I prefer. Overall.great BBQ especially for a small town such as this one!
Review Source:Not the best BBQ I've ever had, but certainly not the worst. We had between us brisket and pork. Neither one was particularly tender, but it was at least moist and flavorful. The selection of sauces was nice too.
I will say that my experience is a bit biased -- we came in very late; just about 15-20 minutes or so before they closed. We were so very thrilled that there was even anything open at this hour. I mean, this is Roseburg, so we expect them to roll up the sidewalks after sundown. Perhaps the BBQ might've been a little better and not so end-of-the-day tasting had we gone earlier in the day.
Nonetheless, we were glad we didn't have to eat McDonald's before heading back out on the road.
We had heard great things about Charly's so we stopped in one day for lunch. Â The pulled pork sandwich was a-ma-zing. Â With so many sauces to choose from I had a different flavor with every bite. Â I thought the original was the best. Â The salad dressing, garlic vinegarette, was really good. Â I was a little skeptical but like trying new things. Â My boyfriend had the brisket and shared his sweet potato tots with me. Â They were fabulous. Â I was so thrilled when they came out and brought us spicy pickles. Â They also made an extra pulled pork sandwich and offered it to us rather than throwing it away. Â Great service and friendly staff. Â Awesom!. I'm so glad it's just down the street. Â We'll be heading that way on a Thursday for some live music.
Review Source:We have some friends who just moved to town and we have visited twice now. Both times we have eaten at Charley's. We get the trough to go and take it back to Draper Draft House to lay out on a table and devour.
The meat is perfectly cooked. There are a zillion sauces to choose from. The sides are decent. The staff remembered us when we came back! The service is really good. It's an all around swell joint run by swell folks who seem to have a swell time making and selling good BBQ. It's the kind of place I'd expect to find by my family's homes in GA, NC, or KS, not in OR but it fits nicely in Roseburg.
I will go back. I have no doubt.
Bad choice from the beginning. The business for sale sign should have been our first clue. Second was the wait at the counter just to get service. Third was the fact they forgot to make our order. We had to ask after seeing several people get there order and leave. And the fourth reason why is the food was not that good. Brisket was so-so, beans to much sugar and only excuses why our food was forgotten. Will not go back.
Review Source:Charley's. Is. So. Good. I swear, if I could, I'd build onto the building and have my own room in the back so I could just smell the food all day, and eat it every time my stomach made room.
The pulled pork sandwiches I had were seriously so good I would have made myself sick if I had money to buy more. The fries were excellent and the portions were good as well. They have some outstanding sauces, and I couldn't ever choose one exclusively for my meal.
If you want a good meal at a good price, or if you just like BBQ flavored things, do not go anywhere else. Charley's is beyond outstanding and there aren't enough words to describe the tastiness.
The meat and the huge selection of sauces was excellent. Â Portions were very good.
The night we visited, they must have been short-staffed. Â There were two employees in the place and both were run ragged. Â At times, it seemed like things were taking A LOT longer than they needed to. Â After all, BBQ is by definition pre-cooked, so you'd think it'd be mostly slice, plate and serve. Â I don't know if it was the fries or just an overall panic that led to some long waits.
Still, the service was friendly and solid. Â So, we'd definitely give this place another chance. The brisket, pork ribs and pulled pork were all very good. Â The chicken was on the dry side, but that seems to happen almost everywhere.
Oh my god, sometimes you find a restaurant that just makes you want to cry it's so good. Â Charley's is that kind of restaurant. Â
The fries are homemade and you get a TON!!  The beef brisket was so tender it practically fell apart when touched with a fork.  The sauces (grab 'em at the counter) were all so perfect, I couldn't choose one favorite among them.   Portions are huge  and shareable.
Charley's... I will dream of you.
When I first went to Texas and got hauled to a couple of the great bbqs there, I was at first so surprised at how unassuming they would look.
Charley's is the same type of place. Unless you are watching for it, it'll slip on by ya as you drive up to it.
Once in, it looks like what it is, at least I'm guessing, a converted residence. There's a saddle sort of roped up to the top of the slope pitched ceiling, with other cowboy doo dads scattered about.
We were there on a quiet early evening, which if you are going to eat here, plan accordingly or you may find yourself too late. This place shutters early during the week.
There are signs regarding the entertainment that comes on the weekends, tempting you to find some reason to come back because it sounds like a swell party that Charley hosts on these occations. Charley, however, respects Labor Day and stays closed, as all businesses should if they can get away with it. This is very much his show, he's a good host but he does have his limits, it seems.
And he was working the order taking that evening, just sort of leaning on the counter and answering all of my lame questions in such an unassuming way.
I had the brisket, which most times will be abused and dried out meat, but here it was moist, with a great smoke ring that comes with sllloooowww cooking. SO got a half rack of baby pork ribs with meat just waiting for his lips to touch it and as by magic, only then, releasing itself from the bones.
All dinners come with a couple of sides that were quite good and the total of the meal left us bloated and wasted in such a delightful way. You will not, as we sort of thought might happen, come up hungry after these meals. You will spend a little money for all of this, and it is well spent. One would be hard pressed to buy fine ingredients for this amount of money, much less create the magic that happens in this man's smoker and kitchen
As he sat down our dinners he pointed out all of the squeeze bottles of sauces, only some of which I wrote down:
Spicy mustard, Kansas City, smoky, regular, apricot, mandern, raspberry chipotle, north Carolina vinegar...
He told us in his unassuming way to "go play with 'em", which we did. Â His meats are spice rubbed and smoked, and they are fine eating without adding sauce at all. But the sauces are fun to play with as you please, and you will find yourself playing with all the squirt bottles, I'll bet.
I won't reveal our favorites, because it is fun to try them all, and go back and forth trying them and seeing which one is best. I should think that this problem could be worked out with enough time...a few years, at least.
Do not wear white.
Wear comfy clothes.
Wash your hands before you leave or you will most likely stick to your steering wheel.
Or get run over by your dog when you get home.
Or all of the above.
Recommended. Completely.
This review is based on the food only. Â WOW! Â What a treat!! We were on the road and decided to go here based on yelp reviews. Â I ordered the pulled chicken with corn fritters, mac n cheese & a side green salad. Â When I got the plate I was confused. Â It was plain chicken just chillin there. Â Then they pointed to the massive display of different BBQ sauces. Â What a blast this was!! We tried every different sauce with our meat (there are at least 10). Â My favorite was a combo of the smokey bbq sauce with the apricot bbq sauce - dynamite! The corn fritters were also out of this world. Â So sweet and fried and delicious. Â My boyfriend regretted not ordering them - although he got baked beans he said were excellent. Â Also the mac and cheese was soooo creamy and wonderful. Â We both felt sad we wasted a side option on the green salad... very plain compared to the rest of the treats on our plate! (we ended up dipping the salad in the bbq sauce too!). Â The staff was friendly and the bathroom was clean but it is definitely the food that makes me wish I lived closer to Roseburg!
Review Source:We come very often to Roseburg, well, first time at Charley's BBQ. What a disappointment.
Ordered a (not so) large Tri-Tip sandwich, you pay more for large and more for Tri-Tip, and instead of a nicely BBQ'd Tri-Tip the meat was reheated using some kind of steamer. The bun went into the steamer also, result:
Wet bun, no BBQ'd meat. Colorless meat, didn't taste like much, didn't look very good.
Next a side of fried sweet potatoes were ordered. This was the smallest order of fries I've ever seen. When I asked the owner (?) he got defensive and told me those were expensive. Six or seven fries as a side dish? You got to be kidding. How cheap are these people?
Anyway, rather pay a little more somewhere else (although over $10 for a single order is not cheap here), than go back at all to this place. Do not recommend.
Have eaten at Charley's several times in the past, and recently re-visited the restaurant. I ordered BBQ chicken and my friend ordered the brisket. The chicken was incredible, and after tasting his brisket - I was sold on that as well! I highly recommend Charley's to anyone who enjoys good, wood smoked BBQ! My favorite is the burritos that they make!
Review Source:We stopped off at this place on our way to Portland. We drove through the town and decided that this looked like the best option. I'm really glad we did.
I asked the gentleman behind the counter which he'd prefer, brisket or pork, he recommended the pork. It was tender, had a really nice smokey flavor, and was served on a nice soft bun. They have a wide selection of homemade sauces that you're free to slather on and I liked being able to try different ones. (I settled on a combination of the Smoky and Spicy sauces.)
The sides were good too. I had hush puppies which were also nice slathered in sauce.
Service was great, everyone there was super nice and helpful.
I will definitely go again next time we come through. Try the pulled pork. It's the real deal.
Pretty good. Â I expected a touch more the price, but I really appreciate the fact that they offer half portions. Cause whaddaya gonna do with leftovers in a hotel room?
I like that you can kind of pick and choose your options and sides, but a lot of the sides were deep fried. Â
I'm sure I'll go back, but because I'm stuck here for another week - not because the service is stellar.
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